Three fast trains connect Delhi and Chandigarh daily: the 12005/6 and 12011/12 Kalka Shatabdi Express eagle creek mn (AC chair/1AC 420/800, 3 hours) and the 12057/8 Una Jan Shatabdi Express (2nd class/AC chair 107/345, four hours).
The crumbling Qila Mubarak fort looks like it could have been transported from the desert to its position in the bazaar. There s an arms gallery (admission 10; h10.30am5pm Tue-Sun) in its 1859 Durbar Hall which displays antique weapons.
A PATIALA PEG In the early 1900s a tent-pegging contest took place in Patiala eagle creek mn between the teams of the viceroy and the sports-mad maharaja of Patiala. Tent-pegging is the curious sport of spearing tent pegs out of the ground with a lance from the back of a galloping horse. Desperate to win and fearful of the wrath of their maharaja, the Patialan team invited their opponents to drinks the night before the match. The British were plied with largerthan- usual measures (or pegs) of whisky, while the tent pegs were changed smaller ones for the viceroy s team and larger ones for the Patialans. The maharaja s team won but the viceroy s team complained to the maharaja about the size of the pegs. The maharaja (not realising that the complaint referred eagle creek mn to the tent pegs) replied that in Patiala, well known for its hospitality, the pegs (of whisky) were always larger than elsewhere. Even today an extra-large measure of whisky is known all over India as a Patiala peg.
6 Drinking Bottoms Up Pub BAR (Grand Hotel, Queen s Rd) A mixed crowd of travellers and locals are attracted to this congenial bar by the icy cold, glycerine-free, draught Kingfisher beer and the seriously delicious snacks and meals from the Grand Hotel s excellent kitchen.
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